by Justin Comstock | Jul 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
You’ve seen it before: Someone buys a shiny new guitar, spends a few weeks strumming G, C, and D—and then gives up. Why? Because most guitar lessons for beginners don’t teach you how to make music. They teach you to memorize patterns, recite scales like a shopping...
by Justin Comstock | Jun 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
“You don’t learn beginner scales on guitar to sound like a robot. You learn them to speak with your fingers.”— Someone’s wise old guitar teacher If you’re just getting started with beginner scales on guitar, chances are you’ve already bumped into this phrase: learn...
by Justin Comstock | Jun 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’re still noodling around box patterns with no real progress… here’s your wake-up call-Guitar scales to practice. The right scales—practiced the right way—are the fastest path to fretboard freedom. Whether you’re stuck playing the same licks or...
by Justin Comstock | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Let me ask you a quick question: Have you ever felt stuck playing the same old licks with your minor pentatonic scales for guitar? Maybe you’ve memorized the box shape on the 5th fret, but when you try to improvise… it still sounds mechanical? Like...
by Justin Comstock | Jun 10, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’re like most guitar players, you probably learned your first chord before your first scale. Maybe it was a G chord or a D major, and it felt like magic. But as time went on, you ran into a problem: You learned guitar chords and scales separately. You...
by Justin Comstock | Jun 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’re like most players, major scales guitar patterns might feel like something you should practice… but never quite want to. That’s because most guitarists are handed bland diagrams with zero context and zero creative fuel. But here’s the truth: major...
by Justin Comstock | May 30, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why Guitarists Get Stuck (And How to Break Free) If you’re like most players, you hit a wall with guitar fretboard theory. You learn a few pentatonic shapes, maybe memorize some open chords, dabble in scales—and then you stall. The missing piece? Guitar...
by Justin Comstock | May 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
That’s what my teacher told me years ago, during a sweaty, slow afternoon jam at his place. No fancy pedalboards. No amp. Just clean notes on a beat-up Telecaster —Guitar triad ringing clear like Sunday bells. And it changed everything. Why Guitar Triads Are the...
by Justin Comstock | May 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why Most Guitarists Sound Boring—and How to Finally Play with Soul 🎶 Guitar Improvisation: Make Every Note Count Guitar improvisation is more than playing notes off a scale—it’s your musical voice. The difference between a forgettable jam and a soul-gripping solo is...
by Justin Comstock | May 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
“It ain’t just about distortion—it’s about intention.”—Me, halfway through learning a Nirvana song on vinyl The Truth About Power Cords for Guitar (Misspellings Can Still Sound Great) So, you googled “power cords for guitar.”Let’s be real. You meant power...
by Justin Comstock | May 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Why Classic Rock Records Are the Best Guitar Teachers Classic rock records aren’t just albums. They’re analog mentors. Long before tabs and YouTube, guitarists learned by ear—by wearing out their vinyl and rewinding solos in their minds. In this post, you’ll find: 11...
by Justin Comstock | May 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
You don’t need another tab. You need a map. The problem with most classic rock tab lists? They tell you what to play but not why it matters. They give you riffs, but not routes. Notes, but not navigation. These aren’t just “fun songs.” These are fretboard decoding...
